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How to do business with people with very strong accents?
I have a few very important clients that I think are from india and they spend a lot of money. My problem is I try so hard to understand them but I can only make out like 40% of what they are saying. I feel bad saying "can you repeat that again" every other word they say. I feel like I treat them different than other clients because of this even though I know they are way smarter business men. I don't want to sound rude or like some jerk American. Any suggestions on how I can not only better my relationship with these clients but have better communication with them? They all sound so serious and on the defensive side for some reason probably cause I talk to them different than i would with someone that speaks good English.
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